Scottish Executive

Agriculture

Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications under the Agricultural Business Development Scheme have been made in each of the last three years and the current year; how many applications were approved, and what funding was allocated and spent as a result, broken down by category of application and by local area office in the Highlands and Islands.

Ross Finnie: The Agricultural Business Development Scheme (ABDS) statutory instrument did not come into force until February 2001 therefore it was not possible to issue grant awards before that date. Four Project Assessment Committee meetings were held in 2001 to assess 479 applications, of which 338 of those were approved. The total amount of grant allocated to ABDS applicants in 2001 was £4,057,437 and to date £502,402 has been claimed and issued.

  The ABDS is funded jointly by the Scottish Executive and by the EU as part of the Highlands and Islands Special Transitional Programme. £3.99 million is available for allocation to ABDS applicants in year 2002.

  The breakdown of applications by Area Office and category of application is as follows:

  (a) Applications by Area Office

  


Area Office 
  

No. of applications 
  

No. approved 
  

Grant allocated (£) 
  



Ayr 
  

51 
  

43 
  

479,816 
  



Elgin 
  

70 
  

53 
  

559,789 
  



Inverness 
  

84 
  

63 
  

714,650 
  



Kirkwall 
  

47 
  

39 
  

702,065 
  



Lairg 
  

13 
  

6 
  

59,237 
  



Lerwick 
  

8 
  

5 
  

57,635 
  



Oban 
  

127 
  

79 
  

859,416 
  



Portree 
  

15 
  

10 
  

134,864 
  



Thurso 
  

56 
  

36 
  

448,963 
  



Stornoway 
  

8 
  

4 
  

41,002 
  



Total 
  

479 
  

338 
  

4,057,437 
  



  (b) Applications by Category

  





No. of applications 
  

No. approved 
  

Grant allocated (£) 
  



Investment in Holdings 
  

352 
  

271 
  

2,845,271 
  



Agricultural Diversification 
  

2 
  

1 
  

9,436 
  



Non-Agricultural Diversification 
  

125 
  

66 
  

1,202,730 
  



Total 
  

479 
  

338 
  

4,057,437 
  



  So far this year, no ABDS awards have been made. The next ABDS Project Assessment Committee is scheduled to meet in Inverness in early March 2002 and applicants will be notified soon afterwards if they have been successful.

Autism

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21136 by Nicol Stephen on 10 January 2002, what Innovation Grants Programme awards to projects specifically relating to autism and Asperger’s syndrome have been made since the programme’s conception.

Cathy Jamieson: The Executive’s SEN Innovation Grants Programme has made awards to four voluntary organisations to run six projects specifically relating to Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The projects as listed in the following table cover a range of aspects affecting a child or young person’s experience of education.

  


Organisation 
  

Project 
  

Award 
  



The Scottish Society for Autism 
  

Social Inclusion Partnership Project 
  

£88,010 
  






Video Interaction Positively 
  

£41,275 
  



The National Autistic Society 
  

Developing Social Skills & Understanding 
  

£100,620 
  






Accreditation Scotland 
  

£153,236 
  



The Parent to Parent Tayside Initiative 
  

Promoting Good Practice for Parents 
  

£42,116 
  



The Scottish Society for Autism and Highlands and Islands 
  Autism Group (Caithness Branch) 
  

Co-ordination of Services for Children with Autism, Dyslexia 
  and Dyspraxia Project. 
  

£79,711

Autism

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21136 by Nicol Stephen on 10 January 2002, whether it will provide details about the project set up by Stevenson College on research into the needs of young people with communication impairment and Asperger’s syndrome including the remit of the group undertaking the project, its members and the duration of research.

Ms Wendy Alexander: Further to the answer given to question S1W-21136, this project will research, through a development worker, the transitional needs of young people (aged 14-25) who have communication impairment and are AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) users and young people who have high-level autism (Asperger’s Syndrome). The project will run from October 2001 to March 2004. It has two main aims:

  to develop a multi-agency and seam-free approach to transition into further education and training for young people with complex needs, and

  to investigate ways of providing transitional services for these young people who challenge service providers because of:

  low incidence in a local area;

  complex and variable individual needs, and

  the likelihood of extended transitional needs across a number of agencies.

  A Steering Group, representative of all relevant agencies, will advise the project, take decisions and inform their own sector of implications and developments of the research. Members are:

  Mary Hitt, Stevenson College

  Robin Pickard, Moving Into Work

  Debbie Jans, KeyComm

  Kitty Mason, City of Edinburgh Education and Social Work Departments

  Sean Bradley, 15:24 Project, Career Development Edinburgh and Lothians

  Alison Cox, The BRITE Centre, Stevenson College

  Sue Brogan, Researcher

  Zoe Dunhill, Community Child Health Department

  Angus Whyte, Stevenson College

  Anne Edmonstone, Health Trust.

Autism

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21136 by Nicol Stephen on 10 January 2002, whether it will detail any funding packages which have been awarded specifically for projects relating to autism and/or Asperger’s syndrome, including the total amount of funding and the duration and remit of projects, under the £22.6 million which was made available to take forward action on inclusiveness over the period 2001-04.

Ms Wendy Alexander: Further to the answer given to question S1W-21136, £147,409 has been awarded over the period October 2001 to March 2004 to the Stevenson College element of the Career Development Edinburgh and Lothians Inclusiveness project.

  This project will research the transitional needs of young people (aged 14-25) who have communication impairment and are AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) users and young people who have high-level autism (Asperger’s Syndrome). It has two main aims:

  to develop a multi-agency and seam-free approach to transition into further education and training for these groups of young people, and

  to investigate ways of providing transitional services for these young people who challenge service providers because of:

  low incidence in a local area;

  complex and variable individual needs, and

  the likelihood of extended transitional needs across a number of agencies.

Caledonian MacBrayne

Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what level of subsidy it allocates to Caledonian MacBrayne and what percentage this figure is of Caledonian MacBrayne’s annual turnover.

Lewis Macdonald: In the financial year ending 31 March 2001, Caledonian MacBrayne received Revenue Deficit Grant of £19 million. Turnover during that year was £57.765 million. The subsidy was therefore equivalent to 32.9% of turnover.

Central Heating

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating units had been installed under its Central Heating Installation Programme at 31 December 2001.

Iain Gray: Eaga had installed 289 central heating systems in the private sector. They are on target to install over 3,500 systems by 31 March 2002. Information is currently being collected from the social rented sector landlords, but indications show that they will have installed around 6,400 central heating systems by 31 March 2002.

Cities

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to ensure that local authorities contiguous to cities are consulted on and participate in the review of the cities.

Iain Gray: All local authorities neighbouring Scotland’s cities will have the opportunity to meet with ministers as part of the review process.

Cities

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place as part of its review of the cities, where these meetings took place and which local authorities attended.

Iain Gray: The Cities Review Sounding Board contains representatives from Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Highland Councils. The Sounding Board has met three times in Edinburgh.

  The Cities Review Team visited the following cities:

  Aberdeen and met representatives from Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council;

  Dundee and met representatives from Dundee City Council;

  Edinburgh and met representatives from Edinburgh City Council;

  Glasgow and met representatives from Glasgow City Council;

  Inverness and met representatives from Highland Council.

  Ministers have visited the following cities:

  Aberdeen and met representatives from Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council;

  Dundee and met representatives from Dundee City Council;

  Edinburgh and met representatives from Edinburgh City Council;

  Glasgow and met representatives from Glasgow City Council;

  Inverness and met representatives from Highland Council.

  Ministers also intend to hold meetings with those authorities they have not yet met which neighbour Scotland’s cities.

Cities

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to take account of the interaction between cities and their surrounding areas as part of the review of the cities.

Iain Gray: The remit of the Cities Review states that the review process will take account of the interaction between the cities and their surrounding areas.

  Ministers intend to meet with the cities neighbouring authorities, to listen to any issues that they wish to raise.

Control of Pollution Act 1974

Fiona McLeod (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to amend the Control of Pollution Act 1974 to enable the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to tackle diffuse pollution directly.

Allan Wilson: Our recent consultation paper, Rivers, Lochs, Coasts: The Future for Scotland’s Waters sets out proposals for improved control of diffuse pollution to be included in the forthcoming Water Environment and Water Services Bill. A copy of the paper is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 14576).

Environment

Dr Winnie Ewing (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what problems are caused to rivers by giant hogweed, and what solutions it proposes to any such problems.

Allan Wilson: Giant hogweed can cause soil erosion on riverbanks but the main problems arise when the plant is handled.

  The Executive is participating in a GB-wide review of the current and potential threats posed by invasive non-native species, including giant hogweed. The review will consider and identify appropriate preventative and damage minimisation strategies and will report to Scottish ministers later this year.

  Local authorities have powers to take action where the local amenity of a particular area is threatened by giant hogweed, or other invasive plant species.

Environment

Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on making it compulsory for all local authorities to employ litter wardens with powers to impose penalty fines.

Ross Finnie: Different local authority areas will experience different incidences of littering. Litter legislation allows each authority to respond in a way and at a level which is most appropriate to its own problem. We believe that making the litter warden service a mandatory one will remove that flexibility. We therefore have no plans for amending the legislation to this effect.

European Funding

Trish Godman (West Renfrewshire) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what European Structural Fund grants have been made available to current projects in Renfrewshire and what the estimated (a) average and (b) total value is in (i) euros and (ii) pounds sterling of each such grant.

Mr Andy Kerr: 114 European Structural Funds grants have been made to current projects in Renfrewshire amounting to a total of £21,703,857, an average of £190,385 per project. This equates to approximately 34,726,171 euros at an average of 304,616 euros per project. As all grants are paid in sterling we have assumed an average rate of 1.6 euros to £1. A detailed list of current projects is shown in the following table.

  


Project 
  

£ Grant Awarded 
  



Objective 2 Western Scotland 1997-99 ERDF 
  
 



First Business Programme 
  

 628,000 
  



Renfrewshire Business Incubation Centre - Capital 
  

1,438,012 
  



Renfrewshire – Business Incubation Centre 
  

 238,500 
  



International Development of SMEs 
  

 729,638 
  



Phoenix Business Park, Paisley 
  

1,047,044 
  



Inchinnan Business Park – Decontamination/Site 
  

 337,050 
  



West of Scotland Trade & Export Partnership 
  

1,280,695 
  



Gilmour St. Station, Paisley – Regeneration Ph.1 
  

 987,000 
  



Paisley Town Centre Regeneration 
  

2,137,500 
  



Paisley Sheriff Court Streetscape 
  

 204,500 
  



Paisley Visitor Information Project 
  

 134,735 
  



Paisley Learning Centre – Ph. 2 Revenue 
  

 205,953 
  



Barrhead Internet Café – Capital 
  

 30,000 
  



Barrhead Internet Café – Revenue 
  

 173,086 
  



Levern Valley Centre 
  

 58,191 
  



Barrhead Regeneration Strategy: Levern 
  

 95,940 
  



Levern Valley Partnership Support Team 
  

 50,483 
  



Muriel Street, Barrhead – Business Area 
  

 280,400 
  



Kingston Industrial Estate 
  

 178,800 
  



Inverclyde Business Centre 
  

 142,597 
  



Inverclyde Key Fund – Social Economy 
  

 165,000 
  



Three Towns Community Learning Centre 
  

 230,936 
  



Biotechnology Transfer Centre at Paisley 
  

 131,583 
  



SME/University Partnership Access to Innovation & Technology 
  

 75,611 
  



The eBusiness centre (eBc) 
  

 116,476 
  



Graduates into Smaller Companies 
  

 38,399 
  



Scottish Property Network (System Upgrade) 
  

 42,000 
  



Objective 2 Western Scotland 2000-6 ERDF 
  
 



Kelburn Development Area – Ph.1 
  

 470,800 
  



Childcare First - Childcare Access Fund 
  

 35,000 
  



Community Sustainability 
  

 79,850 
  



Internationalisation Programme 
  

 66,421 
  



Community Initiative – Urban Paisley 
  
 



Community Support Programme 
  

 290,171 
  



Partnership Learning Access Network 
  

 100,583 
  



Social Inclusion Unit 
  

 667,227 
  



Paisley Partnership Ph. 2 
  

 528,695 
  



Community Support Programme Supplementary Action 
  

 88,638 
  



SME Development Officer 
  

 81,894 
  



Sustainable Communities Extension 
  

 68,493 
  



Childcare Pilot Project 
  

 15,041 
  



Partnership ICT Training Centre 
  

 30,723 
  



Buddies for Learning 
  

 99,256 
  



Integrated Childcare Development 
  

 188,000 
  



Objective 2 Western Scotland 2000-6 ESF 1st round 
  
 



Youthbuild (Paisley) 
  

 81,982 
  



Gateway to Careers in Childcare 
  

 53,282 
  



Objective 3 2000-6 (1st round of approvals) 
  
 



Renfrewshire Council of Voluntary Services – Capacity Building 
  

 32,688 
  



Renfrewshire Training and Staff Development Programme 
  

 226,324 
  



Routes to Apprenticeships 
  

 13,373 
  



Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Entrepreneurship Programme 
  

 125,567 
  



Kick Start 
  

 75,037 
  



Choices for Women 
  

 62,226 
  



Launchpad 
  

 49,111 
  



Social Inclusion Service Sector Programmes 
  

 456,524 
  



Social Inclusion Tourism Programmes 
  

 217,362 
  



Social Inclusion ICT Programmes 
  

 427,536 
  



Multimedia Programmes 
  

 100,723 
  



Workforce Skills Programme 
  

 102,339 
  



Social Inclusion Administration Programmes 
  

 399,354 
  



Social Inclusion Care Sector Programmes 
  

 295,228 
  



Social Inclusion Multi-Media Programmes 
  

 190,418 
  



Renfrewshire Business Mentoring Club 
  

 72,189 
  



Mentoring and Networking for New Businesses 
  

 42,366 
  



Partnership Inclusion Project 
  

 17,925 
  



Accessing Equal Opportunities 
  

 108,653 
  



Re-skill for Employment 
  

 18,823 
  



Training for Higher Level Skills and Improved Management 
  

 16,393 
  



Supply Chain and Development 
  

 10,711 
  



Raising the Competitiveness of SMEs 
  

 26,500 
  



SME Research and Development Project 
  

 38,695 
  



Renfrewshire Skillbuilder Project 
  

 65,120 
  



IT Skills Development Programme 
  

 45,747 
  



Skills Development for the Care Sector 
  

 17,238 
  



Pre Vocational Skills 
  

 85,649 
  



Technology Skills Programme 
  

 65,277 
  



Developing the Community 
  

 50,432 
  



Skills Development Programme 
  

 67,363 
  



The Supervisor as Developer of the Workforce 
  

 61,942 
  



Promotion of an Entrepreneurial Culture to the Youth of 
  wider Renfrewshire 
  

 101,939 
  



Inverclyde Call Centre Training 
  

 155,151 
  



Administration Programmes 
  

 195,363 
  



Service Sector Programmes 
  

 279,130 
  



On-line Training and Development 
  

 68,112 
  



Adapting to Change 
  

 123,103 
  



Objective 3 2000-6 (2nd round) 
  
 



Investment in Training and Skills 
  

 261,226 
  



Employment Support Project (Young People) 
  

 64,110 
  



Supporting Staff Development 
  

 90,216 
  



Renfrewshire Council of Voluntary Services – Capacity Building 
  2 
  

 75,667 
  



Launchpad (Older Unemployed) 
  

 18,354 
  



Inverclyde Computer Training (ICT) for Women 
  

 49,929 
  



Launchpad (SIP residents) 
  

 33,206 
  



Delivering Targeted Training to Childcare Workers 
  

 19,186 
  



Workforce Skills Programme 
  

 69,660 
  



Tourism Programmes for SIP Areas 
  

 267,324 
  



Scottish Colleges Biotechnology Programmes for Industry 
  

 64,106 
  



Multimedia Programmes 
  

 46,359 
  



Biotechnology Programmes 
  

 149,051 
  



Care Sector Programmes for SIP Areas 
  

 122,194 
  



ICT Programmes for SIP Areas 
  

 172,083 
  



Care Sector Programmes 
  

 126,713 
  



Business, Administration and Management Programmes for 
  SIP Areas 
  

 173,427 
  



Multimedia Programmes for SIP Areas 
  

 89,945 
  



Service Sector Programmes for SIP Areas 
  

 185,208 
  



Mentoring and Networking for New Businesses 
  

 36,254 
  



Renfrewshire Business Mentoring Club 
  

 115,743 
  



Technology Core Skills Development 
  

 101,834 
  



On Line for e Marketing and Training 
  

 56,696 
  



On Line Access to Learning 
  

 47,980 
  



Business and Management for Women 
  

 64,009 
  



Reskill 2001 
  

 26,824 
  



Researching the Knowledge Economy 
  

 35,120 
  



Management Development Programme 
  

 29,085 
  



IT Skills Inclusion 
  

 70,687 
  



Job Start Skills Development 
  

 143,295 
  



The Supervisor as Developer of the Workforce 
  

 138,750 
  



Improving Competitiveness – The Rule of Seven 
  

 127,800

European Union

Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20175 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 December 2001, at which of the meetings of the EU Council of Ministers its representatives (a) spoke and (b) lead on topics, such as fishing, in which Scotland has the major interest in the United Kingdom.

Mr Jim Wallace: As stated in my answer to question S1W-20175, Scottish ministers attend council meetings as members of the United Kingdom delegation and speak when appropriate. No separate record is kept of occasions when Scottish ministers have spoken. Scottish ministers attend council meetings where there are significant and distinctive Scottish interests at stake.

  Scottish ministers led the UK delegation at the following councils:

  


Date 
  

Council 
  

Minister 
  



8 June 2000 
  

Education 
  

Nicol Stephen 
  



12 February 2001 
  

Education 
  

Nicol Stephen 
  



4 June 2001 
  

Health 
  

Susan Deacon

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the risk analysis being undertaken by its Environment and Rural Affairs Department of the 21-day movement restriction rule applying to cattle and sheep has been concluded and, if so, what conclusions have been reached.

Ross Finnie: A risk analysis which assessed the reduction in risk of new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease by the imposition of a 20-day standstill for cattle, sheep and goats was prepared by the Department of Risk Assessment at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency. This risk analysis was issued on 28 November 2001 and copies have been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 18976).

  The assessment concluded that a 20-day standstill effectively applied has the potential to reduce, probably by somewhere close to 100%, the probability of spread of infection by movement of livestock from any premises where infection is present in the livestock. However, the presence of non-blood tested sheep is likely to reduce the probable effectiveness of a 20-day standstill by a considerable amount.

  Following discussions with our main stakeholders, my officials are now consulting wider interests on proposals which will:

  retain the principle of the 20-day standstill during 2002, subject to review;

  allow, from mid-February, a number of limited exemptions from the standstill (for breeding bulls and rams, foster calves and lambs etc);

  permit from 18 March for cattle and 18 May for sheep an option to apply the 20-day standstill only to animals brought onto the farm (or to animals to be moved off) and not the rest of the animals on the holding on condition that they are kept separate and that biosecurity measures are observed.

Football

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been approached by the Scottish Football Association, or any other body, for financial support to complete safety improvements at the National Stadium, Hampden and, if so, what level of support has been requested.

Dr Elaine Murray: At its meeting in September, the Board of  sportscotland considered an application from the Scottish Football Association for funding from the Sports Facilities Programme of the Lottery Sports Fund.  sportscotland approved an award of £1.2 million towards safety improvements to the East Stand, and its associated approaches, of the national stadium.

Football

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what support it is giving to the Scottish Football Association, or any other organisation, towards hosting the final of the 2002 European Champions League tournament.

Dr Elaine Murray: None directly linked to staging the event, but the Scottish Executive's key contribution to the Hampden rescue package helped to ensure that the National Stadium has UEFA five star rating and is capable of hosting such a prestigious event.

Freight

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has commissioned to date on rail or road freight flows and what information it has on (a) current rail and road flows and (b) projected flows for the remainder of this parliamentary session in (i) each parliamentary region and (ii) each parliamentary constituency.

Lewis Macdonald: In April 2001 the Scottish Executive commissioned consultants to carry out a study to take a strategic view of the potential for developing sustainable freight movements across the whole of Scotland. The study is expected to be completed and published early this year.

  The Scottish Executive does not hold information on current or projected rail and road flows in each parliamentary region and constituency. The information which is held by the Scottish Executive on rail and road freight is given in tables 3.1 to 3.8, 8.4 and 8.5 of Scottish Transport Statistics published by the Scottish Executive in 2001, copies of which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 15770).

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will establish a formal relationship with the private health care sector by signing a concordat on procedure.

Malcolm Chisholm: On 8 January 2002, I announced details of the new National Waiting Times Unit.

  I have asked the unit to assess existing capacity in NHSScotland and spare capacity in the independent healthcare sector. It will then work with NHSScotland and independent providers to ensure that better and more efficient use is made of these resources for the benefit of NHS patients across Scotland, ensuring that the utilisation of private hospitals does not adversely impact on the provision of NHS care.

Health

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to health boards regarding the safety of surgical equipment in the context of the outbreak of new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease.

Malcolm Chisholm: Guidance has been issued on a number of occasions. These include guidance to prevent the possible iatrogenic transmission of vCJD (MEL(1999)65) and on the decontamination of medical devices (MEL(1999)79 and HDL(2001)10). Copies can be accessed on the internet at Scottish Health on the Web: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/hdl.asp

  The Deputy Chief Medical Officer wrote to health boards and others in January 2001, announcing the introduction of single use instruments for tonsillectomies. Since then, problems have been reported with diathermy. The Medical Devices Agency in England issued a Hazard Notice on 26 October 2001. In Scotland, a similar notice HAZ(SC)01/04 was issued by Scottish Healthcare Supplies.

  The Chief Medical Officer issued guidance in December 2001 that diathermy should not be used for tonsil and adenoid surgery until the reported problems had been thoroughly investigated and the aetiology determined.

Health

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it has had with Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS Trust regarding any suspension of tonsillectomies at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Chief Medical Officer wrote to all relevant parties in Scotland on 21 December 2001, advising that non-emergency tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies should be postponed. This advice was given following reports of adverse effects associated with single use instruments introduced earlier in the year, and to give time for an audit to be carried out. I understand that the Vale of Leven Hospital has complied with the Chief Medical Officer’s advice.

  The Executive continues to monitor the situation closely and keep the NHS informed of developments.

Health

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued regarding the purchase, quality and supply of single use disposable instruments.

Malcolm Chisholm: The department advised the service in May 2001 that a central supply contract for single use instruments had been established. The contract was negotiated on a UK basis with Scottish Healthcare Supplies, a division of the Common Services Agency, leading for Scottish procurement interests.

  The Health Department continues to monitor the use of single use instruments closely and keeps the NHSScotland informed of developments.

Health

Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how it is monitoring the implementation of existing guidance for local authorities on brain injury.

Malcolm Chisholm: Local authorities are required to produce and publish Community Care Plans every three years, and to review these annually. Officials scrutinise these plans for their content.

Health

Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how it is encouraging local authorities (a) to implement existing guidance on brain injury and (b) to ensure that services for brain injured people are clearly explained in the Joint Strategy documents currently being drawn up with health boards and social work services departments.

Malcolm Chisholm: Our guidance to local authorities on community care planning contained in SWSG 35/1997 remains extant. Local authorities are required to update and roll forward annually their community care plans in partnership with health boards. All plans are produced jointly with NHS boards. In early 2000, we issued to health boards, trusts and local authorities a Scottish Needs Assessment Programme report on the needs of people with brain injuries, and invited these agencies to respond to the findings and recommendations intended to improve care planning and provision.

  Community care plans are primarily for use locally, and are intended to help agencies develop strategic thinking on a joint basis, and plans are a matter of public record. We also provide core funding to Headway Scotland, the brain injured association, which, in addition to providing support services locally for sufferers, also helps to raise awareness of the needs of the brain injured with the statutory service providers.

Hospitals

Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what impact any reduction in staffed bed rates in (a) all acute specialities and (b) acute specialities in Lothian Health Board hospitals arising from the move to the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will have on (i) the number of in-patient admissions from the accident and emergency department, (ii) average waiting times, (iii) the number of postponed or cancelled elective admissions and (iv) the morale of hospital staff.

Malcolm Chisholm: NHS Lothian successfully commissioned the first phase of the new Royal Infirmary on 27 January, and phase 2 will follow in early 2003. The new hospital will offer first class surroundings and state of the art equipment to match the excellent clinical care already delivered by health professionals in Lothian.

  Overall bed numbers are planned on a cross-Lothian basis. A review was undertaken in 1999 by Lothian Health Board of planned acute bed numbers for the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This confirmed that the proposed numbers were adequate in the context of the board’s plans for developing community and primary care services. The balance between hospital and community services, and therefore the requirement for acute beds, is kept under regular review.

  NHSScotland will continue to respond to the needs of patients within the policy framework provided by the Scottish Executive, which emphasises the importance of patient-centred services and reductions in waiting to meet key targets.

Hospitals

Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many discharges there were in 2000-01 from the coronary care units at (a) Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, (b) Stracathro Hospital, Brechin and (c) Perth Royal Infirmary.

Malcolm Chisholm: Discharges from coronary care units at Ninewells Hospital, Stracathro Hospital and Perth Royal Infirmary during the year ended 31 March 2001 were as follows:

  


Hospital 
  

Number of Discharges 
  



Ninewells Hospital 
  

937 
  



Stracathro Hospital 
  

566 
  



Perth Royal Infirmary 
  

489

Housing (Scotland) Act 2001

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether receipt of state benefits will be one of the criteria used to determine the contribution to expense of works of any applicant for improvement grants under Part 6 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 and, if so, what percentage of owners of former local authority housing stock bought under Right to Buy meet this criterion.

Iain Gray: Part 6 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 made a number of reforms to the improvement and repairs grants, including provision for the introduction of a test of applicant’s resources to determine the level of grant awarded. During the passage of the act, we promised consultation on the proposed test of resources before Parliament scrutinise the statutory instruments implementing the arrangements.

  We have set up a working group with members drawn from local authorities, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Communities Scotland (formerly Scottish Homes) and the Chartered Institute of Housing to advise on the implementation of Part 6 and in particular on the introduction of the arrangements for the test of resources. This group has had two meetings to date and will consider the content of the consultation on the test of resources and, among other things, will examine the "passporting" of those on certain benefits to full grant award.

  We do not routinely collect data on the percentage of owners of former local authority housing stock in receipt of benefits.

Individual Learning Accounts

Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many claims for individual learning account (ILA) payments are currently outstanding; how many such claims have been made by providers of training courses linked to ILAs for more than (a) six and (b) 12 months, and how many such providers have on more than one occasion had their services confirmed as valid by (i) learndirect scotland and (ii) Scottish Enterprise.

Ms Wendy Alexander: As claims for payment of ILA-supported learning commenced before 31 January 2002, for which the learner enrolled before 20 December 2001, are currently being accepted, I am not yet in a position to indicate the number of claims currently outstanding.

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether a defined garden area that is not adjacent to a house will be deemed to be within the curtilage of that property for the purposes of restrictions on access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Ross Finnie: Section 6(b)(iv) of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill excludes from access rights sufficient land which is associated with, or adjacent to, a house to enable persons living there to have reasonable measures of privacy and undisturbed enjoyment of the whole. The reference to "associated land" does not necessarily mean that the garden ground is immediately adjacent to the house as long as there is some connection between the use of the land and the particular house. Furthermore, section 6 (c) provides that where the land forms part of a common garden, it will also be excluded from access rights.

  Section 7(4) further provides factors which can be used to determine the extent of the exclusion, such as the location and other characteristics of the house. Whether a defined garden area that is not adjacent to a house would be excluded from access rights by virtue of these provisions, would depend on the facts and circumstances of the particular case.

Local Government Finance

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the budgets were of each local authority in each year since 1998-99 for criminal justice issues; what contribution it made in each year to these budgets, and what the annual percentage change in budgets was, also expressed as a percentage of the overall budget for that year.

Peter Peacock: The Executive does not hold this information. Local authorities incur expenditure on criminal justice services under a number of budget headings including district courts, offender services and police. They have no identifiable criminal justice budget and it is not possible to identify total expenditure from the information available.

NHS Complaints

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints have been lodged through the NHS complaints procedure in each of the past three years, broken down by health board area and by category of complaint.

Malcolm Chisholm: This information is available at the following web address: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/complaints/index.htm. This site records complaints against health boards and trusts and provides analysis by category.

NHS Waiting Times

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how the new National Waiting Times Co-ordination Unit will be able to utilise spare capacity in the private sector.

Malcolm Chisholm: I announced details of the National Waiting Times Unit on 8 January 2002.

  I have asked the unit to assess existing capacity in NHSScotland and spare capacity in the independent healthcare sector. It will then work with NHSScotland and independent providers to ensure that better and more efficient use is made of these resources for the benefit of NHS patients across Scotland, ensuring that the utilisation of private hospitals does not adversely impact on the provision of NHS care.

National Health Service

Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what role the downsizing of acute bed capacity in the NHS currently plays in its health care delivery strategy.

Malcolm Chisholm: Acute bed numbers must reflect patients’ health care needs. Over time, patterns of care in acute hospitals have changed, with shorter lengths of stay and much greater use of day surgery. As a result, fewer acute beds have been necessary to support treatment of patients.

  Detailed decisions about bed numbers in the light of these service developments are most appropriately carried out at NHS board level, where local needs and priorities are best understood, and where decisions can best be made about meeting the health needs of the local population safely and sustainably.

  The Scottish Executive continues to monitor carefully trends in the level and pattern of care to ensure that resources are used in the most effective manner to meet patients’ needs.

Ports

Brian Adam (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take in response to the proposed European directive COM (2001) 035 on market access to port services.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive has been liaising closely with the Department of Transport Local Government and the Regions (DTLR), and the ports sector in Scotland about the implications of the proposed directive since its publication on 14 February 2001. The Executive will continue to liaise with DTLR and the ports sector in shaping the UK response to the directive.

Prison Service

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what valuation was received for the former HM Prison Penninghame prior to its first being offered for sale; what offers were received by the first deadline; why none of the offers received were accepted; what offers were received the second time the prison was offered for sale, and what the final sale price was.

Mr Jim Wallace: I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

  The valuation was provided to SPS by the Valuation Office Agency on a confidential basis, as were the offers. The Scottish Executive does not publish valuation data. The sale price was £275,000 and was recorded with the title deeds in the Land Register.

Prison Service

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what valuation was received for the former HM Prison Dungavel prior to its being offered for sale and what the final sale price was.

Mr Jim Wallace: I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

  The valuation was provided to SPS by the Valuation Office Agency on a confidential basis. The Scottish Executive does not publish valuation data. The sale price was £450,000 and was recorded with the title deeds in the Land Register.

Public Transport

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to seek an exemption for Glasgow Underground from the draft European Transport Regulation.

Lewis Macdonald: As stated in the answer to question S1W-17966, Ms Boyack highlighted the Glasgow situation when she addressed the EU Transport Council in Luxembourg in June as part of the UK delegation. The case for Glasgow Underground being exempted is supported by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions who are leading on these discussions within the EU.

Rail Services

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what explanation it has received from Railtrack plc in respect of the decision not to support the proposed rail link from Larkhall to Milngavie.

Lewis Macdonald: On 4 December 2001, Railtrack Scotland informed the Scottish Executive that Railtrack’s priorities were the delivery of its core maintenance and renewal programme, the West Coast Rail Modernisation, and the installation of Train Protection and Warning System across the network. This meant that, for the present, work on these national priorities left no signalling or management resources available for Railtrack to continue to support the proposed Larkhall to Milngavie link, or three other Scottish rail enhancement projects.

  The Scottish Executive regrets Railtrack’s decision to withdraw support. The Executive remains keen to see these projects move forward and is continuing discussions to that end.

Rail Services

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the rail operating and infrastructure companies regarding the promotion of railway stations at Tyndrum, Crianlarich and Balloch as gateways to the proposed Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

Lewis Macdonald: This is not a matter in which the Scottish Executive has any locus or direct powers to intervene. Any such discussions with the rail industry will be a matter for the National Park Authority, once that has been established.

Rail Services

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made regarding the provision of disabled access facilities at Haymarket Station and what action has been taken or is proposed to be taken to make such facilities available.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with both the UK Government and Railtrack on a wide range of issues including disabled access to railway stations.

Rail Services

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek a further review arising from the study by Arthur D Little into Eurostar Regional Services commissioned by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions following the events of 11 September 2001.

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to review Eurostar services from Scotland following the events of 11 September 2001.

Lewis Macdonald: European rail services are a reserved matter. The Scottish Executive has no plans to seek a further review arising from the study by Arthur D Little. Any review into Eurostar Regional Services is a matter for the Strategic Rail Authority.

Rail Services

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what new rail stations it anticipates opening between now and 2003.

Lewis Macdonald: The opening of railway stations is a matter for the railway industry in partnership with local authorities and, in the Strathclyde area, with the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.

  Railway projects such as the opening of railway stations may be eligible for support from either the Scottish Executive’s Public Transport Fund (PFT) or Integrated Transport Fund (ITF). Bids under the PTF would have to satisfy eligibility criteria and compete with other bids, and those under the ITF would have to be considered by the Scottish Executive as being regionally or nationally strategic.

Rail Services

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive which railway stations have closed circuit television (CCTV) installed and what proposals there are to install CCTV in stations which are currently not covered.

Lewis Macdonald: This information is not held centrally. The installation of CCTV at railway stations is a matter for Railtrack, the train operating companies which lease the stations from Railtrack and, where relevant, the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.

  The installation of CCTV at railway stations, however, may be eligible for support under the Public Transport Fund (PTF). Bids under the PTF would have to satisfy eligibility criteria and compete with other bids for public transport projects.

Rail Services

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what reports relating to the railway network it has commissioned since 1999 and on what subjects, how much each such report cost and when each such report was finalised or is due to be finalised.

Lewis Macdonald: The studies relating to the railway network in Scotland are as follows:

  


Study 
  

Subject Matter 
  

Date Commissioned 
  

Date Finalised/to be Finalised 
  



Scottish Borders Railway Study 
  

Re-instatement of the railway between Edinburgh and the 
  Central Borders 
  

April 1999 
  

February 2000 
  



Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies 
  

The Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies (CSTCS) 
  will investigate the problems along the A8, A80 and M74 
  trunk road corridors and will identify options for intervention 
  across all modes of transport for the short (2005), 
  medium (2010), and long term (2020). 
  

December 2000 
  

Spring 2002 
  



Scottish Strategic Rail Study 
  

Strategic study into the likely costs and benefits of potential 
  improvements to passenger railway services operating in 
  Scotland 
  

July 2001 
  

End of July 2002 
  



Freight Study 
  

Strategic view of the potential for developing sustainable 
  freight movements across the whole of Scotland, including 
  rail freight operations. 
  

April 2001 
  

Early 2002 
  



Glasgow/Edinburgh Airport Link Studies 
  

Railway Links to Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports 
  

December 2001 
  

September 2002 
  



  The cost of the studies is commercially confidential information.

Rail Services

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Strategic Rail Authority regarding the appropriateness of a Scottish Area representative being located in London and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the Strategic Rail Authority on a variety of issues, including the location of authority staff dealing with issues of importance to the rail industry in Scotland.

Roads

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive (a) why, under section 2.1 (iii) of Schedule 3, Part 4 of the Term Contract for Management and Maintenance of the Scottish Trunk Road Network, Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR (Scotland) are prevented from responding to any "correspondence regarding matters of Scottish Executive policy or funding or matters where there shall be a possibility of political sensitivity" giving reasons for the position on each of these three categories, and (b) what it considers to be politically sensitive matters in this context.

Lewis Macdonald: This condition, which is no different to that in the previous contracts, was included to define areas of responsibility between the Scottish Executive and the Operating Companies in respect of dealings with particular types of correspondence.

  Politically sensitive matters in this context, are matters of political interest other than those connected with factual or routine operational issues.

Roads

Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether AMEY Highways Ltd and BEAR Scotland Ltd are responsible for clearing litter from trunk road verges, central reservations and roadsides under their contracts for management and maintenance of the trunk road network.

Lewis Macdonald: Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR Scotland Ltd carry out litter clearance on special roads and motorways under their contracts for management and maintenance of the trunk road network.

  Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, responsibility for litter clearance from all other trunk roads rests with the local councils through which area the trunk road passes. However, the trunk road maintenance contracts contain a provision which requires the Operating Companies to liaise with local councils to ensure that their policies meet with the requirements of the relevant sections of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, with respect to trunk roads within the unit.

Scottish Executive Staff

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many advertisements for posts within its departments have been placed in each national and regional newspaper in each of the past three years and in the current year, detailing the newspapers concerned and the number of posts advertised in each newspaper.

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many advertisements for posts within its departments have been placed in publications outwith Scotland in each of the past three years and in the current year; what the cost was in each year, and in what publications the advertisements were placed.

Mr Andy Kerr: The information requested is given in tables 1-4 of Recruitment Advertising Costs April 1998 – December 2001 , a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 18618).

Scottish Executive Staff

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any special arrangements which are in place to encourage applications for posts within its departments from students at universities and colleges.

Mr Andy Kerr: There is currently no on-going programme of graduate recruitment for general entrance to the Scottish Executive, although a one off campaign targeted specifically at graduates was held in December 2000 and resulted in the employment of 41 Graduate Administrators.

  Some recruitment of specialists, such as statisticians and economists, is targeted at graduates on a civil service-wide basis. The Scottish Executive co-ordinates the recruitment of graduates as legal trainees on behalf of the Government Legal Service for Scotland.

  The Scottish Executive also participates in the Civil Service Fast Stream Development Programme, run by the Cabinet Office, which seeks to recruit both generalist and specialist graduates. In 2001 the Scottish Executive recruited 13 Fast Streamers, 11 are anticipated for 2002.

  In addition to these arrangements, the Scottish Executive also offers student sandwich placement opportunities. In 2001 the Executive provided 66 such placements for students.

  As part of the Scottish Executive’s commitment to equality of opportunity, a diversity outreach project worker is employed to raise the Scottish Executive’s profile amongst black and ethnic minority communities and thereby encourage applications for employment. The outreach worker has established contacts with higher education institutions and has been actively involved in promoting the Scottish Executive as an employer of black and ethnic minority graduates. In connection with this project 15 undergraduates and recent graduates from black and ethnic minorities are to be offered six week placements in the Scottish Executive in summer 2002.

  A review of recruitment is currently under way in the Scottish Executive and the recruitment of graduates is being considered as part of this review.

Skye Bridge

John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what document sets out the public comparator for the Skye Bridge bidding process and whether it will place a copy in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Lewis Macdonald: In 1990, the then Government decided not to make a comparison with a publicly funded bridge on the basis that it had already ruled out any such option.

Social Inclusion

Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all current Social Inclusion Partnership Boards, giving the names of all board members and the sphere of interest of each member, for example, councillor or tenants’ association representative.

Ms Margaret Curran: Please see attached list of board members and sphere of interest of each member.

  SIP Board Members

  Alloa South & East

  


Cllr Billy Douglas 
  

Clackmannanshire Council 
  



Cllr Craig Holden 
  

Clackmannanshire Council 
  



Cllr William Wallace 
  

Clackmannanshire Council 
  



Alan Candlish 
  

Community Rep 
  



David Boreta 
  

Alloa South & East Community Group 
  



David Lyon 
  

Alloa South & East Community Group 
  



Eddie MacDonald 
  

Forth Valley Primary Care Trust 
  



Gerry McKeown 
  

Social Services 
  



Mike Thomson 
  

Clackmannanshire Council 
  



Murray Allan 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Norman Shackleton 
  

Clackmannanshire Volunteering Development 
  



Gillian Irvine 
  

Community Rep 
  



Joyce Talbolt 
  

Gaberston Residents Association 
  



Yvonne Wright 
  

Head teacher Secondary School 
  



Claire Rock 
  

Community Rep 
  



Elaine McPherson 
  

Services to People 
  



Josephine Jack 
  

Community Rep 
  



Julie Johnstone 
  

Community Rep 
  



Sgt. Gregor Fitzcharles 
  

Central Scotland Police 
  



  Argyll & Bute

  


Rena MacDonald 
  

Care Co-ordinator 
  



Andrew Birnie 
  

Community Rep 
  



Supt. Bob Brown 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Alison Campbell 
  

Manager 
  



Josephine Stojak 
  

Lorn Medical Centre 
  



Jane Cowen 
  

Community Education 
  



John Croy 
  

Community Rep 
  



Heather Cunningham 
  

Health Promotion Manager 
  



Cathie Duncan 
  

Community Rep 
  



Aileen Edwards 
  

Skills & Knowledge Team 
  



Ronnie Finnighan 
  

Community Rep 
  



Lucinda Gray 
  

Head of Skills Development 
  



Brenda Hyslop 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jimmy Johnston 
  

Community Rep 
  



Janice Kay 
  

Community Rep 
  



Tommy Killen 
  

Community Rep 
  



David Lavery 
  

Community Safety Officer 
  



Marjorie Logue 
  

Careers Service 
  



Stevie Lydon 
  

ADAT 
  



Alistair MacDonald 
  

Community Rep 
  



Pamela MacDonald 
  

Women’s Aid 
  



Jim McCrossan 
  

Principle CE Officer 
  



Cllr Donald McIntosh 
  

Council 
  



Cllr Alastiar McKinlay 
  

Council 
  



Sue Nash 
  

Executive Officer 
  



Angus Nimmo 
  

Rural Development Officer 
  



Frances Shorthouse 
  

Community Rep 
  



Margaret Sorley 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jay Stewart 
  

Training & Development 
  



Malcolm MacFadyen 
  

Head of Development & Client Services 
  



Cllr Isobel Strong 
  

Council 
  



Robin Tennant 
  

Development Officer 
  



Cllr Eric Thompson 
  

Council 
  



Martin Turnball 
  

Area Community Education Officer 
  



Lolita Van der Mewre 
  

Community Planning Manager 
  



Margaret Wallace 
  

Placement Liaison Officer 
  



Frances Webster 
  

Deputy Chief Executive 
  



Frances Smith` 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ann Wilson 
  

Employment Services 
  



  Big Step

  


Chris Holmes 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Marian Keogh 
  

Glasgow Alliance 
  



Sheila Ramsay 
  

Barnardo’s 
  



Cllr Elaine Smith 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Margaret Orr 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Morag Sweeney 
  

Employment Service 
  



Phil White 
  

Greater Glasgow Health Board 
  



Michael Stuart 
  

NCH Action for Children Scotland 
  



Stephen McGinley 
  

Who Cares Scotland 
  



Michelle Donaldson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Elaine Haddow 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Robert Baxter 
  

Community Rep 
  



Anne Hosie 
  

Benefits Agency 
  



David McCormack 
  

Community Rep 
  



Alison Jenkins 
  

Community Rep 
  



Dave Donald 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Cllr Catriona Renton 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Nazia Malik 
  

Community Rep 
  



Nicola McManus 
  

Community Rep 
  



Theresa McGahan 
  

Community Rep 
  



Iian Lancaster 
  

Community Rep 
  



Kirsty Roberton 
  

Community Rep 
  



  Blantyre/North Hamilton

  


Susan Duff 
  

Hillhouse Community Forum 
  



Yvonne Craig 
  

Youth Rep 
  



Supt. John Neillson 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Nelson Telfor 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Helen McNeill 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Donna Burnett 
  

Employment Services 
  



John Boswell 
  

Lanarkshire NHS 
  



Ronnie Smith 
  

Hamilton Enterprise Development Company 
  



Cllr Jean McKeown 
  

South Lanarkshire Council 
  



Richard Burgon 
  

Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust 
  



Douglas Duff 
  

South Lanarkshire Council 
  



Geoff Sage 
  

Blantyre/North Hamilton LHCC 
  



Jack Ferguson 
  

Burnbank Community Forum 
  



Anna Sharks 
  

Whitehill Community Forum 
  



Liz Mitchell 
  

Hillhouse Community Forum 
  



Anne Collie 
  

Blantyre Community Forum 
  



Cllr J Handibode 
  

South Lanarkshire Council 
  



Kate O’Connor 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Nan Reid 
  

Lanarkshire NHS 
  



  Cambuslang

  


Cllr P McKenna 
  

Council 
  



Mr H Parkes 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ms J Totten 
  

Community Rep 
  



Mr R Hunter 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Ms F Brown 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Mr J Crawford 
  

Health Board 
  



Ms J Knox 
  

Cambuslang Town Centre Forum 
  



Mr H Stevenson 
  

Drug Planning Group 
  



Ms K Colvan 
  

Cathkin New Community School 
  



  Craigmillar

  


Gavin Strang MP 
  

MP 
  



Cllr Ian Perry 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Leslie Forsyth 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Charlene O’Connor 
  

SEEL 
  



Claire Ironside 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Alan Penman 
  

Lothian Universities Hospital Trust 
  



Paul Nolan 
  

Craigmillar Festival Society 
  



Norrie Davis 
  

Craigmillar Regeneration Forum 
  



John Smith 
  

Craigmillar Community Council 
  



Mick McNulty 
  

Craigmillar Community Council 
  



  Drumchapel

  


Cllr Marjorie O’Neill 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Elsie Job 
  

Drumchapel Community Forum 
  



Cllr Martin Lee 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Bill Butler 
  

MSP 
  



Suzanne Glennie 
  

NHS Greater Glasgow 
  



Wilson Blakey 
  

Drumchapel High School 
  



Andrew Woolley 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Kirsty Anderson 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Calum Graham 
  

Drumchapel Opportunities 
  



Steven Lyden 
  

Drumchapel Community Forum 
  



Kate Spalding 
  

Drumchapel Community Forum 
  



Cheryl Cloeman 
  

Y Network 
  



James Wilson 
  

Drumchapel Community Forum 
  



Supt. Gregor MacLeod 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



  Dundee Young Carers

  


Karen Adams 
  

Public Health Medicine 
  



Stewart Murdoch 
  

Neighbourhood Resources and Development 
  



Yvonne Carling 
  

Education 
  



James Currie 
  

Social Work 
  



Jane Walker 
  

Tayside Primary Health Care Trust 
  



Frances Simpson 
  

Princess Royal Trust for Carers 
  



Isobel Anderson 
  

Princess Royal Trust for Carers 
  



Dave Anderson 
  

Barnardos 
  



Linda Smith 
  

Youthlink 
  



Tom Garnett 
  

Dundee Association of Mental Health 
  



Sue Marshall 
  

Women and Children Project 
  



Helen Gill 
  

Children 1st 
  



Andy Van Dijk 
  

Aberlour Outreach 
  



  They have four Young Carers who attend the Partnership on a rota basis; due to confidentiality policies they cannot give out their names.

  Dundee SIP 1 & 2

  


Keith Winter 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Tricia Sullivan 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Stewart Murdoch 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Ham Sayeed 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Vince Guz 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Peter McKenna 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Les Banks 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Dianne McCulloch 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Stuart Fairweather 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Audry May 
  

Dundee City Council 
  



Marion Beattie 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Dr Zelda Mathewson 
  

Tayside Health Board 
  



Percy Fernando 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Frank Larg 
  

Community Rep 
  



Murray Webster 
  

Community Rep 
  



Brian Bell 
  

Community Rep 
  



Place vacant 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jim Milne 
  

Community & Voluntary Alliance 
  



  East Ayrshire Coalfields

  


Fiona Lees 
  

East Ayrshire Council 
  



Heather Knox 
  

Ayrshire & Arran Primary Care NHS Trust 
  



Geraldine O’Donnell 
  

Ayrshire & Arran Primary Care NHS Trust 
  



Steve Shanta 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Sheila White 
  

East Ayrshire Business Partnership 
  



Dr. Carol Davidson 
  

Ayrshire & Arran Health Board 
  



Supt. Alistair McKie 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Bob Gardiner 
  

Ayr College East 
  



Dave Wilcock 
  

Kilmarnock College 
  



Colin Flynn 
  

NCH Action for Children 
  



Jim Burns 
  

Employment Service 
  



Ciss McCreadie 
  

Council for Voluntary Organisations 
  



Edward Torrance 
  

Rankinston & Stair Community Council 
  



Caroline McBride 
  

McClymont Court Residents Association 
  



Billy Lees 
  

New Cumnock Age Concern 
  



Billy Crawford 
  

Coalfield Communities Federation 
  



Ian Smith 
  

Coalfield Communities Federation 
  



Ronnie Hamilton 
  

Coalfield Communities Federation 
  



Jack Campbell 
  

Coalfield Communities Federation 
  



John Weir 
  

Coalfield Communities Federation 
  



Tony Foote 
  

Older People’s Welfare Group 
  



Cllr David Macrae 
  

East Ayrshire Council 
  



Cllr Elaine Dinwoodie 
  

East Ayrshire Council 
  



Cllr Julie Faulds 
  

East Ayrshire Council 
  



  Edinburgh Strategic Programme

  


Norma Cuthbertson 
  

CEC Corporate Services (Chair) 
  



Liz Ferguson 
  

Community Rep (Vice Chair) 
  



Shulah Allan 
  

EVOC 
  



George Lightheart 
  

Community Rep 
  



Linda Newlands 
  

Community Rep 
  



George Pitcher 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jim Curran 
  

Community Rep 
  



Nick Langan, 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Nile Istephan 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Cllr Andrew Scobbie 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



  The partnership is waiting for the nomination of replacement representatives from Lothian Health and Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise.

  Edinburgh Youth

  


Rab Byfiel 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Ian Boardman 
  

LAYC 
  



Graham Lyell 
  

Lothian Health Board 
  



Stan Blackley 
  

Co opted board member – Media 
  



Eddie Goodwin 
  

Lothian & Borders Police 
  



Jamie Rennie 
  

Stonewall Youth Project 
  



John Moran 
  

The Rock Trust 
  



Paul Gierthy 
  

Career Development Edinburgh & Lothian 
  



TBC 
  

Lothian Coalition of Disabled People 
  



Carena Brogan 
  

Capital City Partnership 
  



Barry Wilford 
  

Citadel Youth Centre 
  



  Falkirk (CURP)

  


Cllr David Alexander 
  

Falkirk Council 
  



Provest James Johnston 
  

Falkirk Council 
  



Cllr Patrick McCafferty 
  

Falkirk Council 
  



James Hann 
  

Central Scotland Fire Brigade 
  



Pandora Summerfield 
  

Falkirk VARC 
  



Stuart McKay 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Supt. Joe Holden 
  

Central Scotland Police 
  



Linda McKay 
  

Falkirk College of Further & Higher Education 
  



Prof. Frank Clark, CBE 
  

Forth Valley Health Board 
  



Dorothy Littlejohn 
  

Forth Valley Primary Care Trust 
  



Ian Mullen 
  

Forth Valley Acute NHS Trust 
  



Jean Masson 
  

Community Rep 
  



William Robertson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Helen Graham 
  

Community Rep 
  



  Fife

  Fife doesn’t have a SIP board

  Frae Fife

  


Alison Cameron 
  

CVS Fife 
  



Morgan Gillespie 
  

Citizen Advice & Rights Fife 
  



Euphene Shek 
  

Ethnic Minority Training & Employment Project 
  



Rina Ghosh 
  

FCIS 
  



John Wilson 
  

Fife NHS Trust 
  



Ian McLaren 
  

Chamber of Commerce 
  



Derek Fong 
  

Fife Chinese Association (Chair) 
  



Inspector Tony Fitzpatrick 
  

Fife Constabulary 
  



Stephanie-Anne Harris 
  

Fife Council 
  



Sarah Hutchison 
  

Fife Council 
  



Selma Raham 
  

Fife Racial Equality 
  



June McCormack 
  

Fife Communities Scotland 
  



Mike Edwards 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



  GARA (Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance)

  


Archie Graham 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Kalim Uddin 
  

Vice Chair 
  



Ingrid McClements 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Maggie Chetty 
  

West of Scotland CRC 
  



Graham Mochan 
  

The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 
  



Sylvia Cowan 
  

Glasgow Education Business Partnership 
  



Zhura Ahmed 
  

The Wise Group 
  



Rozanne Foyer 
  

STUC 
  



Kofi Tordzro 
  

Positive Action in Housing 
  



Om Prakash Khanna 
  

Ethnic Minorities Enterprise 
  



John Eldridge 
  

Ethnic Minority Law Centre 
  



Nazir Chaudhry 
  

WESRA 
  



Ramiza Ahkter 
  

Community Rep 
  



Satvinder Kaur 
  

Community Rep 
  



Faisal Kayani 
  

Community Rep 
  



Nazia Khaliq 
  

Community Rep 
  



Mandeep Singh 
  

Community Rep 
  



Alan Burnett 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



John Crawford 
  

Glasgow Health Board 
  



  Girvan Connections

  


Cllr A Hill 
  

Chairperson 
  



Provost E Foulkes 
  

South Ayrshire Council 
  



Cllr P Torrance 
  

South Ayrshire Council 
  



Cllr I Fitzsimmons 
  

South Ayrshire Council 
  



Ian Baird 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Joyce Black 
  

Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire 
  



Gillian Agnew 
  

Health Promotions 
  



Debbie Phillips 
  

Local Health Care Co-operative 
  



Jess Dunabie 
  

Council for Voluntary Organisations 
  



Bob Mortimer 
  

Community Rep 
  



Roberta Conway 
  

Community Rep 
  



Bill Logan 
  

Community Rep 
  



Margaret Baillie 
  

Community Rep 
  



John McKerchar 
  

Community Rep 
  



Winifred Wright 
  

Community Rep 
  



  Glasgow East End

  


Cllr David Stevenson 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Susan Baird 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Elaine Smith 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



John Jenkins 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Jim Pate 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Jackie Erdman 
  

NHS Greater Glasgow 
  



Frank McAveety 
  

MSP 
  



Brian McAleenan 
  

East End Partnership Ltd 
  



Gordon Connor 
  

Scottish Business in the Community 
  



John Ferguson 
  

Local Housing Association 
  



Willie Murray 
  

Voluntary Sector Forum 
  



Carol Connelly 
  

Community Rep 
  



Margaret Watson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Brenda Menzies 
  

Community Rep 
  



Karen Gray 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ian Graham 
  

John Wheatley College 
  



Kevin Smith 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



  Glasgow North, Milton & Springburn (3 SIPs Share Same Board)

  


Kirsty Anderson 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Supt. Margaret Barr 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Walter Donald 
  

Community Rep 
  



Joe Fury 
  

Community Rep 
  



Suzanne Glennie 
  

NHS Greater Glasgow 
  



Cllr John Gray 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Carolanne Hamilton 
  

Community Rep 
  



Cllr Ellen Hurcombe 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Norrie Innes 
  

Rock DCM 
  



Cathy Lang 
  

Glasgow North Limited 
  



Cllr Robert Marshall 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Paul Martin 
  

MSP 
  



Ann McKechin 
  

MP 
  



John McVicar 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ian Miller 
  

North Glasgow College 
  



Ronnie Rodden 
  

Community Rep 
  



Cllr Margaret Sinclair 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Allan Stewart 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Anne Stewart 
  

Community Rep 
  



Andy Woolley 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



  Glasgow Smaller Areas

  


Cllr Gordon Macdiarmid 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Craig Roberton 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Jean McFadden 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



John Goldie 
  

Community Rep 
  



Alex Greenhorn 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ann Gavin 
  

Community Rep 
  



Fiona Moss 
  

Greater Glasgow Health Board 
  



  This is a new SIP the Membership of the Board is still being considered.

  GO Perth & Kinross

  


Joyce Clark 
  

Colonsay Resource Centre 
  



Jim McCarroll 
  

Colonsay Resource Centre 
  



Paul Connell 
  

Criminal Justice Service 
  



Diarmid Murray 
  

Perth Association for Mental Health 
  



John Irons 
  

Community Safety Officer 
  



Val Ormiston 
  

Tayside Careers 
  



Paul Graham 
  

Social Policy Officer 
  



Joy Mill 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Marion Douglas 
  

Employment Service 
  



Janice Bain 
  

Benefits Agency 
  



Shelagh Fulton 
  

Citizen’s Advice Bureau 
  



Dave Sherman 
  

Community Education 
  



Chris Tait 
  

Perth College of FE 
  



Diana Bartholomew 
  

Human Resources 
  



Jim Williamson 
  

DAT 
  



Penny Brodie 
  

PKAVS 
  



Brian Nicoll 
  

Community Rep 
  



Andy Hemming 
  

CATH RSI 
  



Roddy Renfrew 
  

Perth Grammar School 
  



Gill Kay 
  

PKRF Ltd 
  



Felecity Snowsill 
  

P&K YP Health Initiative 
  



Sheena Cochrane 
  

Homeless Housing Officer 
  



Kale Summers 
  

Community Rep 
  



Vicky Craigie 
  

Community Rep 
  



  Gorbals

  


Cllr James Mutter 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Alan Watson 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Stuart Patrick 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Ann McKenzie 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Nichola Brown 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS 
  



Anne Graham 
  

Voluntary Rep 
  



Frank McAveety 
  

MSP 
  



Candy Munro 
  

Gorbals Initiative 
  



Ben Barrs 
  

Miller Homes 
  



Marie Steel 
  

Hutchensontown Community Council 
  



Helen Trainer 
  

Laurieston Community Council 
  



Thomas Wilson 
  

Oatlands Community Council 
  



Isa Barr 
  

Community Rep 
  



Colin McGowan Jnr 
  

Community Rep 
  



Colin McGowan Snr 
  

Community Rep 
  



Peggy Nicholson 
  

Glasgow College of Nautical Studies 
  



Richard Barron 
  

GCC Education Services 
  



John Dawson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Kevin Baird 
  

Community Rep (sub) 
  



John Fallon 
  

Community Rep (sub) 
  



  Great Northern Partnership

  


Ron Bird 
  

Community Partner 
  



Ernest Chapman 
  

Community Partner 
  



Moira Geddes 
  

Community Partner 
  



Aileen Goymer 
  

Community Partner 
  



Vicky Graham 
  

Community Partner 
  



Fiona Hill 
  

Community Partner 
  



Helen Holland 
  

Community Partner 
  



Pauline Fazackerley 
  

Community Partner 
  



Charlene Kilpatrick 
  

Community Partner 
  



Diane Mair 
  

Community Partner 
  



Jody Skinner 
  

Community Partner 
  



John Thomson 
  

Community Partner 
  



Anne Knight 
  

Community Partner 
  



Nichol Thomson 
  

Community Partner 
  



Drew Wilson 
  

Community Partner 
  



Paul Calder 
  

Community Partner 
  



Elaine Livingstone 
  

ACVO 
  



Amanda Harvie 
  

Chamber of Commerce 
  



Liz Dinnes 
  

Aberdeen Inner City Healthcare Co-op 
  



Bob Alexander 
  

Employment Service 
  



David Ingram 
  

Scottish Enterprise Grampian 
  



John Ewing 
  

Grampian Police 
  



Dr Linda Leighton-Beck 
  

Health Promotions 
  



Gordon Smith 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Cllr Gordon Graham 
  

Aberdeen City Council 
  



Cllr Maureen Irons 
  

Aberdeen City Council 
  



Cllr Kevin Stewart 
  

Aberdeen City Council 
  



Cllr James Wyness 
  

Aberdeen City Council 
  



  Greater Easterhouse

  


Cllr Jim Coleman 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Bailie Catherine McMaster 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Gaille McCann 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Ronnie Quinn 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Janice Roach 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Peter Howden 
  

Community Rep 
  



Anna Nicoletti 
  

Community/Voluntary Rep 
  



Frances Clarke 
  

Community/Voluntary Rep 
  



Jackie Erdman 
  

NHS Greater Glasgow 
  



John Jenkins 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Andrew Howie 
  

Scottish Gas 
  



Stuart Miller 
  

Greater Easterhouse Development Company 
  



Alastair Struthers 
  

Local Educationalist 
  



Robert Peat 
  

Local Health Care Co-op 
  



Ian Graham 
  

John Wheatley College 
  



Chief Supt. Kevin Smith 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



  Greater Govan

  


David Paterson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Gary Dover 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Martin Harvey 
  

Community Rep 
  



Gina Robertson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Helen Kyle 
  

Community Rep 
  



Dick Carabine 
  

Community Rep 
  



Margaret Collins 
  

Community Rep 
  



Margaret Orr 
  

Education Department 
  



Brett Nicholls 
  

Govan Initiative 
  



Mary Martin 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Margaret Kinsella 
  

NHS Greater Glasgow 
  



John McLaughlin 
  

Private Sector Rep 
  



Superintendent Mike Reid 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Mohammad Sarwar 
  

MP 
  



Gordon Jackson 
  

MSP 
  



Martin Hawkins 
  

Voluntary Sector Rep 
  



Cllr Stephen Doran 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Shaukat Butt 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



  Greater Pollok

  


Ian Davidson 
  

MP 
  



Caroline Dicks 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Cllr Alex Glass 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



John Hannay 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jean Honan 
  

Community Rep 
  



Cllr Michael Kernaghan 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Margaret Kinsella 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Johann Lamont 
  

MSP 
  



Pat McGinlay 
  

Greater Pollok Voluntary Sector Forum Rep 
  



Mike McQuade 
  

Siemens (Private Sector) 
  



Ros Micklem 
  

Cardonald College 
  



Gordon Miller 
  

Community Rep 
  



Cllr William O’Rourke 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Ron Rigby 
  

Community Rep 
  



Cllr Tommy Sheridan 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Jane Stevenson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ken Wardrop 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



John Watson 
  

Greater Pollok Development Company 
  



  Highland Wellbeing Alliance

  


Ann Clark 
  

Highland Council 
  



Bill Alexander 
  

Social Work 
  



Roddy Dyce 
  

Highlands & Islands Enterprise 
  



Avril Noacke 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Fraser MacPherson 
  

Highland Council 
  



Ian Murray 
  

Cultural & Leisure Services 
  



Insp. John MacDonald 
  

Northern Constabulary 
  



Steve Bell 
  

NHS Highland 
  



Veronica MacKay 
  

Youth & Wellbeing Alliance Development 
  



Cllr Margaret Davidson 
  

Highland Council 
  



Cllr Olwyn MacDonald 
  

Highland Council 
  



Moira Aitken 
  

Highland Youthlink 
  



Ivor Souter 
  

Highland Association of Youth Clubs 
  



Andy Anderson 
  

Convenor Education – Cultural & Sports 
  



  Inverclyde

  


Councillor Alan Blair 
  

Inverclyde Council 
  



Pat Trenaman 
  

Inverclyde Voluntary Sector Forum 
  



Isobel McCully 
  

Inverclyde Central Community Forum 
  



Malcolm Traquair 
  

Strathclyde Fire Brigade 
  



Heather McCabe 
  

Scottish Executive 
  



Councillor Stephen McCabe 
  

Inverclyde Council 
  



Nell McFadden 
  

Inverclyde West Community Forum 
  



Lilian Newman 
  

Inverclyde Central Community Forum 
  



Rose Cullen 
  

Inverclyde East Community Forum 
  



Jim MacLeod 
  

Inverclyde East Community Forum 
  



Cllr Alex McGhee 
  

Inverclyde Council 
  



Alex Robertson 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Wilson Dunlop 
  

South West Community Forum 
  



Cllr Robert Jackson (Chair) 
  

Inverclyde Council 
  



Fred Frisby 
  

Argyll & Clyde Health Board 
  



Cllr James O'Rourke 
  

Inverclyde Council 
  



Angus Bowes 
  

Algus Engineering, Private Sector Rep 
  



Susan Bird 
  

James Watt College 
  



Alice Gorman 
  

South West Community Forum 
  



Chief Superintendent Kenneth Murray 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Kenneth Murray 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Stuart Dixon 
  

Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire 
  



Superintendent David McCall 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



John Davis 
  

Employment Service 
  



John Donaghy 
  

South West Community Forum 
  



  Levern Valley

  


Cllr Danny Collins 
  

East Renfrewshire Council 
  



Cllr Owen Taylor 
  

East Renfrewshire Council 
  



Cllr Ian Forbes 
  

East Renfrewshire Council 
  



Cllr Roy Garscadden 
  

Ease Renfrewshire Council 
  



Cllr Betty Cunningham 
  

East Renfrewshire Council 
  



Cllr Eddie Phillips 
  

East Renfrewshire Council 
  



Godon McGuinness 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Dr Leslie Wilkie 
  

Director of Public Health, NHS Argyll & Clyde 
  



Anne Marie Thomson 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



David Jones 
  

East Renfrewshire Council 
  



Supt. Bob Renfrew 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Roland Hahn 
  

Barrhead Housing Association 
  



John McIntye 
  

Community Rep 
  



Claire Boyd 
  

Community Rep 
  



John Walker 
  

Community Rep 
  



Andy Smith 
  

Community Rep 
  



Rena McGuire 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jan Mitchell 
  

Community Rep 
  



George Wade 
  

Community Rep 
  



Irene Murphy 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jim Hay 
  

Community Rep 
  



Rita Connelly 
  

Community Rep 
  



Alan Nelson 
  

Community Rep 
  



  Moray Youthstart

  


Angela Hinchliffe 
  

Community Rep 
  



Alanah Procter 
  

Community Rep 
  



Cllr Sandy Keith 
  

Moray Council 
  



John Carney 
  

Moray Council 
  



John Ferguson 
  

Moray Council 
  



Sue Holden 
  

Aberlour Child Care Trust 
  



David Williams 
  

NCH Scotland 
  



Dr Linda Leighton-Beck 
  

Health Promotions 
  



Susan Chalmers 
  

Grampian Careers 
  



Ian Turner 
  

Children 1st




Roy Anderson 
  

MBSE 
  



Allan McBey 
  

Grampian Police 
  



Francis Powell 
  

MVSO 
  



Tish Carter 
  

DAAT 
  



Greg Cooper 
  

Moray College 
  



Malcolm McNeil 
  

Grampian Housing 
  



  Motherwell North

  


Sandie Mackay 
  

North Lanarkshire Council 
  



Cllr Joe Gorman 
  

North Lanarkshire Council 
  



Iain Hair 
  

NHS Lanarkshire 
  



Craig Cunninghame 
  

Motherwell Local Health Care Co-operative 
  



Robert Hunter 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Brenda Kelly 
  

Employment Service 
  



Chief Insp. Alistair Clydesdale 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Kirsten Thompson 
  

CAVOC 
  



Alec Haddow 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Agnes Green 
  

Community Rep 
  



George Campbell 
  

Community Rep 
  



Karen Brown 
  

Community Rep 
  



Rita McMahon 
  

Community Rep 
  



Irene Lester 
  

Community Rep (sub) 
  



Mary Woods 
  

Community Rep (sub) 
  



Tommy Hughes 
  

Community Rep (sub) 
  



John Neeson 
  

Community Rep (sub) 
  



  North Ayr

  


Cllr Alex Cairns 
  

South Ayrshire Council 
  



Jim Hendry 
  

North Ayr Community Forum 
  



Cllr Douglas Campbell 
  

South Ayrshire Council 
  



Adam Holland 
  

North Ayr Community Forum 
  



Robin Cairns 
  

North Ayr Community Forum 
  



Alex Baird 
  

North Ayr Community Forum 
  



Anne Sinclair 
  

Ayrshire & Arran Primary Care Trust 
  



Bill Dunn 
  

Ayr Locality Enterprise & Resource Trust 
  



Liz Kennedy 
  

University of Paisley 
  



Dr Roger Evans 
  

Scottish Agricultural College 
  



Ken Hamilton 
  

South Ayrshire Council 
  



Derek Lindsay 
  

Ayrshire & Arran Health Board 
  



Cllr Brenda Campbell 
  

South Ayrshire Council 
  



Bob Gardiner 
  

Ayr College 
  



Scott Cameron 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Margaret Davidson 
  

Enterprise Ayrshire 
  



Jess Dunabie 
  

CVO Kyle & Carrick 
  



Laura Bell 
  

Youth Forum 
  



Christopher Kirk 
  

Youth Forum 
  



  North Ayrshire

  


Cllr David Gallagher 
  

North Ayrshire Council 
  



Supt. I Henderson 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Brenda Walker 
  

Volunteer Centre 
  



Kenneth Bowker 
  

Volunteer Centre 
  



Scott Cameron 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Margaret Davidson 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Dr Robert Wagner 
  

Ayrshire & Arran Primary Care NHS Trust 
  



John Clydesdale 
  

CVS 
  



Hugh McGee 
  

Developing North Ayrshire 
  



Bernadette Docherty 
  

North Ayrshire Council 
  



Grace Moore 
  

Ayrshire & Arran Health Board 
  



Jan Hay 
  

Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry 
  



Liam Ferguson 
  

Chair Active Citizenship w/group 
  



Frank Sweeney 
  

Chair Neighbourhood & Environment w/group 
  



Bobby Sturgeon 
  

Chair Health & Care w/group 
  



Alex Anderson 
  

Chair Learning Work & Wealth w/group 
  



Brendan Rooney 
  

Community Rep 
  



Joyce Collie 
  

Community Rep 
  



Jaynie Mitchell 
  

Community Rep 
  



Anne Armstrong 
  

Community Rep 
  



Peter Maxwell 
  

Community Rep 
  



Doreen Taylor 
  

Community Rep 
  



  North Edinburgh

  


Fiona Baikie 
  

Edinburgh’s Telford College 
  



Cllr Lesley Hinds 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Cllr William Fitzpatrick 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Cllr Elizabeth Maginnis 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Jim Logan 
  

Employment Service 
  



Dr Shona Mackie 
  

Northwest Edinburgh LHCC 
  



Anne McEwen 
  

Lothian Health 
  



Maurine McMillan 
  

Community Alliance 
  



Steve Gorrie 
  

Scottish Gas 
  



Betty McVay 
  

Pilton Partnership 
  



Alan Penman 
  

Lothian University Hospitals’ Trust 
  



Andrew Russell 
  

Edinburgh Waterfront Limited 
  



Dominique Petitqueux 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Peter Selman 
  

Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh & Lothian 
  



Chief Insp. Graeme Dobbie 
  

Lothian & Borders Police 
  



Peter Taylor 
  

North Edinburgh Business Support Group 
  



  North Lanarkshire

  


Geoff Lannie 
  

North Lanarkshire Council 
  



Sandy Mackay 
  

North Lanarkshire Council, Chair 
  



Iain Hair 
  

NHS Lanarkshire 
  



Robert Hunter 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Alex Haddow 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Bob Morrison 
  

Voluntary/Community Rep 
  



  Paisley

  


Prof. Alex MacLennan 
  

University of Paisley 
  



Doug Paton 
  

Employment Service 
  



Cllr Bill Martin 
  

Renfrewshire Council 
  



Cllr Brian Oldrey (Chair) 
  

Renfrewshire Council 
  



Charles Russell 
  

Community Rep 
  



Gordon McGuinness 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Jessie James 
  

Renfrewshire Partnership Forum 
  



Cllr Jim Harkins 
  

Renfrewshire Council 
  



Joe Mooney 
  

Principal Reid Kerr College 
  



Chief Supt. Kenny Murray 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Liz Cameron 
  

Chamber of Commerce 
  



Jennie Hynd 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Neil McConachie 
  

Argyll and Clyde Health Board 
  



Norma Bennie 
  

Primary Care NHS Trust 
  



Ronnie Burns 
  

Chair Linstone Housing Association 
  



Stuart Dixon 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Cllr Thomas Williams 
  

Renfrewshire Council 
  



  Routes Out

  


Ann Marie Manning 
  

Base 75 
  



Frances Emmerson 
  

Barnardo’s 
  



Marian Keogh 
  

Glasgow Alliance 
  



Sue Laughlin 
  

Greater Glasgow Health Board 
  



DCI Nanette Pollock 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Mike McCarron 
  

DAT 
  



Jan MacLeod 
  

Women’s Support Project 
  



Cath Smith 
  

Social Work Services 
  



Elaine Haddow 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Pauline McNeil 
  

MSP 
  



Cllr James Coleman 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



  Scottish Borders

  


Aileen Hemming 
  

Victim Support - Scottish Borders 
  



Alan Taylor 
  

Childrens' Panel 
  



Carolyn Martin 
  

Childcare Partnership 
  



Catherine Young 
  

Borders Trust Health Promotion 
  



Catriona Kirkpatrick 
  

Borders Forum of Councils of Vol. Service 
  



Colin Anderson 
  

SBC Lifelong Care 
  



Colin Easton 
  

SBC Eyemouth Community High 
  



Dave Adams 
  

SBC Lifelong Care 
  



Dave Blaszk 
  

Scottish Borders Careers 
  



Dave Brands 
  

SBC Lifelong Care 
  



Douglas Scott 
  

SBC Chief Executive's Dept 
  



Emma Douglas 
  

Scottish Borders Careers 
  



Euan Robson 
  

Scottish Parliament 
  



Gerry Begg 
  

SBC Housing 
  



Hazel Muir 
  

In Touch 
  



Iain Stewart 
  

SBC Continuing Education 
  



Ian Shanley 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Ian Jenkins 
  

Scottish Parliament 
  



Julie Murray 
  

DAAT 
  



Kevin Head 
  

Stonewall Youth Project 
  



Len Hammersley 
  

Borders College 
  



Lindsay Wood 
  

Scottish Enterprise Borders 
  



Lorna Harvie 
  

Employment Service 
  



Neil Horne 
  

Secondary Schools Head Teachers 
  



Patrick Little 
  

Penumbra Youth Project 
  



Paul Jacobs 
  

SBC Special Education 
  



Peter Lee 
  

Eildon Housing Association 
  



Rob Nicholson 
  

Lothian & Borders Police 
  



Roger Hemming 
  

Rural Partnership 
  



Tom Leighton 
  

SBC, Lifelong Care 
  



  South Coatbridge

  


Sandie Mackay 
  

North Lanarkshire Council 
  



Iain Hair 
  

NHS Lanarkshire 
  



Alex Haddow 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Janice Longford 
  

Coatbridge Local Health Care 
  



Helen McNeill 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Norrie MacGill 
  

Employment Service 
  



Jane Orrick 
  

Community Rep 
  



Mary Fagan 
  

Community Rep 
  



Tony Cunningham 
  

Community Rep 
  



Willie McBride 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ellen Weldon 
  

Voluntary Sector Rep 
  



Sheila McGoran 
  

Lanarkshire Health Council 
  



Cllr John Cassidy 
  

North Lanarkshire Council 
  



Supt. Iain Docherty 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Sandra Carlisle 
  

Edinburgh University 
  



Susan Cloke 
  

South Coatbridge SIP 
  



Cheryl McGeoch 
  

South Coatbridge SIP 
  



  South Edinburgh

  


Cllr Donald Anderson 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Cllr Sheila Gilmore 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Cllr Ken Harrold 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Cllr Lezley Cameron 
  

City of Edinburgh Council 
  



Neil Gibbs 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Pete Selman 
  

Scottish Enterprise, Edinburgh & Lothians 
  



David Bolton 
  

Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust 
  



Ray Flint 
  

Lothian Health 
  



Gordon Jackson 
  

Churches Fraternal 
  



Wilma Nelson 
  

Liberton Area Handicap Organisation 
  



John Laurenson 
  

Youth in the Community 
  



Gilbert Clark 
  

Community Rep 
  



Margaret Farmer 
  

Community Rep 
  



Ray Wolff 
  

Community Rep 
  



Rob Regan 
  

Community Rep 
  



George McKie 
  

Community Rep 
  



Amanda Bertram 
  

Community Rep 
  



Nan Farquhar MBE 
  

Community Rep 
  



Peter MacLean 
  

Community Rep 
  



  Stirling

  


Jimmy Mylchreest 
  

TOTT Regeneration Group 
  



Anne Mooney 
  

Cultenhove for Change Project 
  



Peter Medhurst 
  

EVCRA 
  



John Caddies 
  

Cornton Regeneration Group 
  



Steve Lloyd 
  

Ogilvie Group 
  



Christine Inglis 
  

Gen-Up 
  



Fern Milne 
  

Gen-Up 
  



Cathy Traynor 
  

Stirling Voluntary Association 
  



Andrew Healer 
  

Raploch Regeneration Group 
  



Andy Kennedy 
  

Stirling Ventures 
  



Sandy Watson 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Murray Allan 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Ian Fraser 
  

Stirling Council 
  



Allan Gillies 
  

Stirling Council 
  



Tom Hammond 
  

Forth Valley Health Board 
  



Lesley Malkin 
  

Stirling Council 
  



Wilma Marshall 
  

Eastern Villages Regeneration Group 
  



Felicity McLelland 
  

Community Services 
  



Helen Munro 
  

Stirling Council 
  



Chief Insp. Euan Ross 
  

Central Scotland Police 
  



  Tranent

  


Anita Baggs 
  

Community Rep 
  



Gael Belton 
  

Community Rep 
  



Pamela Black 
  

Lothian & Borders Police 
  



James Bruce 
  

ELVON/Community Rep 
  



Charlie Cook 
  

School Board/Community Rep 
  



Cllr David Costello 
  

East Lothian Council 
  



Kay Coull 
  

Lothian Health 
  



Irene Crowson 
  

School Board/Community Rep 
  



Katrina Donaldson 
  

Ross High School 
  



Sandra King 
  

Positive Parenting Forum 
  



Sarah Leighton 
  

East Lothian Childcare 
  



Barbara Lindsay 
  

Youth/Community Rep 
  



Colin Martin 
  

Chair and Community Rep 
  



David McNeill 
  

Youth/Community Rep 
  



Roddy McLean 
  

Private Sector/Hart Builders 
  



Rachel Purves 
  

Community Council/Community Rep 
  



David Spilsbury 
  

East Lothian Council 
  



  West Dunbartonshire

  


Matt Mochar 
  

Clydebank College 
  



John Mackay 
  

Community Rep 
  



Michael Carr 
  

Thor Ceramics 
  



Jim McAloon 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



David Dowie 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



June Todd 
  

Community Rep 
  



Archie Thomson 
  

Community Rep 
  



Brenda Frew 
  

Greater Glasgow Health Board 
  



George Gillespie 
  

Community Rep (acting Chair) 
  



Cllr Bollan 
  

West Dunbartonshire Council 
  



Sue Hemmings 
  

Community Rep 
  



Cllr McCafferty 
  

West Dunbartonshire Council 
  



Cllr White 
  

West Dunbartonshire Council 
  



Tim Huntingford 
  

West Dunbartonshire Council 
  



Judith Illsley 
  

Argyll & Clyde Health Board 
  



John Jermy 
  

Community Rep 
  



Moira O’Neil 
  

Community Rep 
  



Liz Ruine 
  

Community Rep 
  



Scott Rorison 
  

Voluntary Sector Rep 
  



  West Lothian

  


Cllr Hugh Owens (Chair) 
  

West Lothian Council 
  



Peter Swan 
  

Careers Development Edinburgh & Lothian 
  



Andy Murray 
  

West Lothian College 
  



Jennifer Scott 
  

West Lothian Council 
  



Helen Turlay 
  

West Lothian Council 
  



Bob Waddell 
  

West Lothian Council 
  



Alan Wait 
  

West Lothian Council 
  



John Masson 
  

West Lothian Council 
  



David Greaves 
  

West Lothian Joint Economic Partnership 
  



Graham Lyell 
  

NHS Lothian Health Board 
  



Dr Helen Hammon 
  

NHS Lothian Trust 
  



Douglas Macfarlane 
  

West Lothian Business Support Group 
  



Margaret Graham 
  

Broxburn Family & Community Development 
  



Helen Davies 
  

West Lothian Youth Action Project 
  



Norma Lazizi 
  

Polbeth Market Garden 
  



Annie Keenan 
  

Young Carers, Community Rep 
  



Laura Stuart 
  

Young Carers, Community Rep 
  



Vacant 
  

Care Leavers Forum (Community Rep) 
  



Vacant 
  

North Livingston Youth Forum (Com Rep) 
  



Vacant 
  

Blackburn Youth Forum (Com Rep) 
  



  Xplore

  


Gordon MacDougall 
  

Tayside Careers Ltd 
  



Tony Boffey 
  

Neighbourhood Resources & Development 
  



Dr. Karen Adam 
  

Tayside Health Board 
  



Stewart Murdoch 
  

Neighbourhood Resources & Development 
  



Steph Faichney 
  

Education Dept. 
  



Peter Donnelly 
  

Employment Services 
  



John Berry 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Dr. Paul Spicker 
  

Robert Gordon University 
  



Yvonne Carling 
  

Education Dept. 
  



Karen Tinney 
  

Xplore 
  



Lesley Dick 
  

Dundee College 
  



Anne-Marie Wallace 
  

Employment Services 
  



Dave Innes 
  

Social Work Dept. 
  



Shona Weir 
  

Tayside Careers Ltd 
  



Anne Ness 
  

Benefits Agency 
  



Ian McLagan 
  

Benefits Agency

Social Justice

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the Communities budget was in real terms in 2000-01; what the Social Justice budget is in real terms in 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04; which of its divisions have moved from the ministerial portfolio of the former Minister for Communities and the present Minister for Social Justice since 2000, and by how much the budgets were reduced following any such move, for each of the years from 2000-01 to 2003-04.

Iain Gray: The table sets out the Communities budget for 2000-01 and Social Justice budgets for 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04 in real terms.

  


Budget 
  

2000-01 
  

2001-02 
  

2002-03 
  

2003-04 
  



Communities 
  

644 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Social Justice 
  

- 
  

698 
  

7121


774 
  



  Notes:

  1. Excludes £44 million in NHS Cash Balances for use in the repayment of debt principal.

  The figures are sourced from Investing in You: The Annual Expenditure Report of the Scottish Executive and The Scottish Budget: Draft Budget 2002-03. The expected spend on Social Justice commitments over the period from 2000-01 will include further amounts carried forward from 2000-01 to 2001-02 and in future years. The details of this were announced by the Executive on 1 November 2001. Real terms figures based on 2000-01 prices.

  On the reorganisation of ministerial portfolios in October 2000, responsibility for local government policy was moved from the Communities Minister to the Minister for Finance and Local Government. The remaining responsibilities of the Communities Minister formed the Social Justice portfolio. This change had very little impact on the Social Justice budget, as local government finance had previously been the responsibility of the Minister for Finance. £2 million per annum for committees, commissions, publicity and policy was moved from the Communities budget and included in the Local Government budget. This change was explained in the Annual Expenditure Report of the Scottish Executive published in March 2001.

  In addition, following the recent change in ministerial portfolios, planning, building standards and digital inclusion have been brought within the Minister for Social Justice responsibilities. This has no implications for the overall Social Justice budget.

Standards Commission for Scotland

Mr Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with respect to the Standards Commission for Scotland.

Mr Andy Kerr: I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Professor Hugh Begg as Convener of the Standards Commission for Scotland and Mr David Stuart Allan as the Chief Investigating Officer. As members of the commission I have appointed Mrs Linda Costelloe-Baker, Professor Lorne Crerar, Mrs Wendy Goldstraw, Mrs Elinor Smith, and Mr Albert Tait.

  These appointments were carried out in accordance with the guidelines set out by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and will extend for a period of three years from 17 January 2002. The commission headquarters will be at Rosyth.

Sustainable Development

Mr Kenneth Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister plans to attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg later this year.

Ross Finnie: : The composition of the UK delegation will be decided in due course.

Teachers

Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many specialist teachers for deaf children are currently employed in each education authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: At September 1998, there were an estimated 164 full-time equivalent teachers who had a hearing impairment teaching qualification in publicly funded schools in Scotland. Detailed information is not held for all authorities and is therefore not available in the form requested.

  However, the following table shows the number of peripatetic teachers for hearing impairment who are employed centrally or mainly outwith schools by education authority area.

  Survey Of Teachers Employed Centrally Or Mainly Outwith Schools

  SEN Peripatetic Teachers – Hearing

  


Scotland (Excluding Mid-Lothian & Shetland) 
  

87.9 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

4 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

5.2 
  



Angus 
  

1 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

0.4 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

1.5 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

5 
  



Dundee City 
  

4 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

0 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

4 
  



East Lothian 
  

5 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

4.4 
  



Edinburgh, City Of 
  

8.3 
  



Eilean Siar 
  

0.5 
  



Falkirk 
  

3 
  



Fife 
  

1 
  



Glasgow City 
  

8 
  



Highland 
  

0 
  



Inverclyde 
  

0 
  



Midlothian 
  

not available 
  



Moray 
  

2.6 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

3 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

5 
  



Orkney Islands 
  

0 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

0 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

13.41




Scottish Borders 
  

2 
  



Shetland Islands 
  

not available 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

3 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

3.6 
  



Stirling 
  

0 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

0 
  



West Lothian 
  

0 
  



  Source: In the week commencing 13 September 1999 (School Census Week).

  Notes:

  1. Renfrewshire Council figure includes visual impairment.

  Specialist teachers have been defined as peripatetic teachers.

  The figures do not include classroom-based staff.

Transport

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has regarding a travel-to-work area for Edinburgh Park and its extent.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive has had sight of a Transport Assessment and Green Transport Plan prepared by New Edinburgh Limited in October 1999 in support of their planning application for the development of the southern phase of Edinburgh Park. The plan, which can be viewed at the City of Edinburgh Council’s Planning Department, sets out the results of a travel-to-work survey of existing employees in Edinburgh Park.

Water Charges

Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to develop policy on relief from water charges for charitable organisations beyond April 2002.

Ross Finnie: On 15 January the Executive announced an exemption scheme for certain water and sewerage charge payers. Those eligible for the exemption are organisations that have an annual income of less than £10,000 and that occupy premises that receive charitable relief at present. In the first instance, the exemption will last for four years from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2006.